BY DAVID BREHAUT
Maternal Instincts BROODMARES LEAVING THEIR MARK
MONA MISS
ASHLEES BABE
Great Western trainer Peter Manning was the “king of the kids” for many years – producing a seemingly endless supply of smart two-year-olds. Lynden Bye Bye US filly MONA MISS was among them in the late 1980s and early 1990s. All her six career wins were in her juvenile season. She did not race beyond a three-year-old. She went to stud and was an immediate success, with her first foal getting to the races being outstanding filly group 1-winning filly Sheza Mona (Nuke Of Earl US) 1:53.3, 33 wins, $349,396. She would be one of six foals of Mona Miss to race. While her time as a broodmare was unable to match her track record, Sheza Mona still left four winners, among them being two-time winner Sheza Beach Babe (Beach Towel US). Now Sheza Beach Babe has two winners from two foals to race. Ve Rapido (Julius Caesar NZ) is a two-time winner and her full-brother Iron Chariot has joined winning ranks, with the three-year-old opening his account at Charlton on September 28. Iron Chariot was bred by SG DP and GJ Murphy.
There were fewer better mares than ASHLEES BABE in the early 2000s. A 1999 daughter of Armbro Operative US and Kentucky US mare Ashlee, Ashlees Babe won 22 of just 32 starts for earnings of $334,117. She began her career at three, having only two provincial starts in that season as she won her first 10 starts. He career victories included three group 1s – the Vicbred Super Series 3yo and 4yo titles, and Queensland Oaks. Ashlees Babe’s racing career was always going to be tough to follow in the breeding barn, but she managed to five winners from five foals to get the races – Artegra (Art Major US) 14 wins, Gypsy Babe (Mach Three Ca) 12 wins, Scarlet Babe (Western Terror US) 12 wins, Ashlees Gem (Christian Cullen NZ) 2 wins and Sir Daniel (Rock N Roll Heaven US) 1 win. Two are still racing and winning. The now 10-year-old Artegra has been racing in Victoria after expansive stints in NSW and South Australia, and brought up his first win in the state at Mildura on August 14. Six-year-old Scarlet Babe has spent her entire career in NSW, with her latest wins being at Bathurst in April.
LA MACHANE LA MACHANE was a top class filly on the racetrack. Now she is passing on her racing qualities to her progeny. She has two foals of racing age and each is a winner. A 2008 daughter of Bettors Delight US, La Machane was one of four winners produced by unraced Die Laughing US mare Machane (bred by the KJ Newbound Family Trust). Bred by the now late Jack and Nola Munnerley, La Machane won 20 of 61 starts, earning $335,268 and had a career-best mile rate of 1:54.6. She was second in two group 1 races as a two-year-old and had a group 1 third as a three-year-old. La Machane finally broke through at that level in the 2013 Vicbred Super Series 4yo mares final. La Puddie (Somebeachsomewhere US) is her first foal. He did not race until he was a three-year-old and his first win in Ballarat on July 9. Her second foal La Captain (Captaintreacherous US) made his two winners almost within a month – tasting success for the first time at Charlton on August 17.
SHAKE IT MAMA What a filly SHAKE IT MAMA was. She won 15 of 46 starts for $257,588, capturing the group 1 Bathurst Gold Tiara as a two-year-old, group 1 Australian Oaks and in open age the listed Tailamade Lombo. While she has not been quite as prolific as a broodmare she does boast 100 per cent strike with her only two foals to the races being handy performers. Four-year-old gelding Mamas New Dude (Western Terror US) had 10th win at Bendigo on August 12 and three-year-old Cool Rocking Daddy (A Rocknroll Dance US) had his fifth win in his first season of racing at Shepparton on August 11. Each was bred by DJ Sheppard, who also bred Shake It Mama.
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